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President Donald Trump was non-committal Friday about signing bi-partisan legislation supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

An internally displaced woman with her child in Barsalogho, Burkina Faso.

Fisherman in Timor Leste casts net in the water to catch small fish. UN Photo/Martine Perret.

Three of the four ethnic-based parties in Ethiopia's ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF, voted Thursday to become one single party.

The U.S. Congress approved two bills Thursday to support pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong after months of unrest in the semi-autonomous city.

Syrian refugee Nadira stands in the sunshine outside her family tent in Bardarash camp, Dohuk governorate with her three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter. Their flight from Syria was a struggle and now Nadira fears the coming winter.

Guilaine Alaya, 33, points to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic as she returns by boat after six years of exile.

Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.

On 19 November 2019 in Paris, France, the Panthéon turned blue in honor of World Children's Day.

The Taliban has released two long-time Western captives Tuesday, fulfilling its side of a prisoner exchange that involves the release of three of its high-ranking commanders.